West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-11-10
BASE BALL

THE past season has boon tho greatest ever
known m baseball.
WASHINGTON has signed tho excellent st.
Paul outiicldor, WilmOt
THE New York League Club has started on
It's tour To the Pacific slope.
BALrMoRT has secured Shindle, OF Do
troit, and Shaw, OF Jersey City.
CHARLES FNRREL, OF Marlboro Mass. Is n
now catcher for the Boston Club.
PIrCuER WEIDMAN will again bo n League
twrlcr next season. New York has signed
him.
CINCINNATI has re signed Manager Schmelz
Pitcher Ncan, of Minneapolis, has also been
secured
TuE Chicagos were nt bat n less number OF
times during tho season than any other
League Club.
DETROIT won ton OF tho fifteen games
played with tho 81. Louis nino on the worlds
championship.
CHICAGO has captured two excellent play
crs in Catcher Hoover, OF Topeka, aud Short
stop Duly, OF lowell The latter is n heavy
batter.
THE Chicagos made as home runs durin...
the year; Detroits, 5l; Philadelphias, ~;
New Hurks, ~; Bostons, SO; Washingtons,
90; Pittsburg, 20; indianapolis, 30.
DURING the year tho Dctroits made e3J
runs; Philadclphias, S9l; Chcagos, S07; New
Norks Sli, Bostons, 19i; rittsburgs, B2t;
Washingtons, OO; indianapolis, 6ie.
BROOKLYN has now man in Ed. Pelch,
pitcher and outiieldcr of n Denver club.
Darby, O'Brien, Holbert, Mays and Radford
all of tho Metropolitans havo also been
signed
HERE is the story OF the winning OF the
League pennnnt in fow lines; Base hits
Detroit, ,i02; Philadelphia, l,26j; Chicago,
LIZA; New York, l,25S; Boston, l,l97, Pitts
burg, ,l30.
Orr Chicago pitchers during the year ,1S0
base hits were made; Off Detroit pitchers,
l.l59, Off Philadelphia, ,l16; Off New York,
1883. Chicago aud New York did not ap.
pear TO lack good pitching.
TorAL fielding errors made by tho differ.
ent League clubs during the past season,
were; Chicago, l,08; Detroit, S?l; Phila-
Pittsburg, Sil; Washington, SSl; lndianapo-
lis, ,l62
INDIANAPOLIS Ia tho tail -en lor but she
made larger number OF double plays dur
ing the year than any other League club, get
ting l2], Detroit 100, Phladeph'1 80, Chi
cagoo lOj, New York 0S, Boston 80, Pittsburg
| 81, Washington 81.
THE Detroit sluggers generally "found tho
ball, " only 2iS OF them striking out during
the year, against 3ll Phila1elphians SO3 Chi
cagoans, BIZ New Yorkors, 36j Bostonians,
3S2 PittsburgeIs, 3T3 Washingtonians AMI $40
lndianapolitans. Four hundred AMI thirty
three earned runs were malo OF Detroit
pitchers and only 800 Off Chicago pitchers
THE base stealing record OF tho League at-
foris interesting reading John Ward loads
| tho entire League, with record OF ! 10 bases
in 100 games; Fogarty is second. with lOj
bases in l25 games, aud Mike Kelly third,
| with 50 In l2l games Fifty-eight players
! did not reach doIbe figures i'm tho bascs-
sto'en column, and six did not steal single
base during the season
THE contrast between tho $4,000 salary
| list of tho Detroit team OF 1897 and that OF
/ tho Cincinnati champions OF 1859 Is very
! striking. The latter contained ten men and
! the salary list amounted to ~, 100 Henry
! Wright as Manager, Captain AMI player,
received 81 800; George Wright, short stop,
81 800; and Braincrd, the pitcher, $780, aud
tho others from that down 10 $500.